Mop.



` H. B. WALLACE A A. LAGKEY.

MOP.

APPLIUATIUN FILED 00T. 7, 1909.

Patented July 26, 1910.

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UNITED STATES PATENT oEEIeE. V

HENRY B. WALLACE AND ALEXANDER LACKEY, OF ST. LOUIISQMISSOURI, ASSIGN ORS TO SAMUEL CUPPLES WOODEN WARE COMPANY, OF ST. LOUISMISSOURI, A COR- PORATION OF MISSOURI.

MOP. l

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 26, 1910.

IApplication. filed October 7, 1909. Serial No. 521,461.

Louis, State of Missouri, have invented cer- 'taiu new and useful Improvements in Mops,

of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawinfrs.l

This invention relates to mop holders and has for its object to provide a holder having a crotch, orl a plurality of such crotches, or the like, into which mop material is bound, the binding means being, also,'employed to secure the mop head upon .the end of the mop stick.

Another aspect of'this invention is found in the provision of means to prevent the mop material from being cut by the edges of the nfop head. Y

In the drawings forming part of this specification, in which, like numbers of reference denote like parts wherever they occur, Figure 1 is an elevation of a mop equipped with this. ilnproved head; Fig. 2 shows the mop cords in the position relative to the mop-head and to the end of the mop stick that they occupy whilebeing bound or Wired thereto and immediately after the binding operation has been completed; and Fig. 3 shows the mophcad in the position relative to the end of the mop stick that it occupies and the arrangement of the means for binding the mop material in the head and, also, to the end of stick.

The mop head l is preferably formed by stamping same from a piece of sheet-metal. The end 2 and the end 3 are brought together so as to overlap each other and are secured together by the rivet 4, or other suitable means. The mop head is thus formed of such diameteras to lit snugly over the end of the-mop stick 5. A pair of notches 6 are cut in the mop head, and, when end 2 and end 3 are brought together and are secured as hereinabove described, each notch occupies a position preferably opposite the other. Each edge extending between said notches is, turned' outwardly' forming a flange 7 which prevents the mop material from being cut by said edge.-

wire 8 is passed through perforation 9 through the end of the mopstick, said perforation being located at such oint in the end of tho stick that said wire al ows the end of said stick to protrude into the mop head to a point preferably adjacent the bottom of each notch 6, bestiseeu in Fig. 3, and said wire, also, prevents the mop head from slid-- ing farther on the mop stick. An open space 10 is thus left in the end of the mop head. A suitable quantity of mop material 11 is laid in said open space 10 and in said notches 6. Said wire 8, after assing through said perforation 9, encire es the bunch of mop material 11 in the manner shown in Fig. 2, and is joined at its ends by means of loops 12 so as to bind the cords in said open spaceY and in said notches and, also, to hold the mop material and the mop head irmlynpon the end of the mop stick.

The said wire 8 may be bound around the `mop material and looped by hand or by the use ot' the mop-making machine that forms the subject-matter of the patent of Alexan-' der Lackey dated September 28, 1909, No. 935,264. By reason 'of the use of a wire binderinstead of a flat piece of metal, less of the mop material is covered, and, consequently, less retention of moisture occurs even at the part of the material where it is bound to the mop head. Moreover, the Wire sinks deeper than a wider binding means would into the yarn, and is thus shielded from contact wi th the floor.

By the present construction, the mop head ailords the same protection as a ferrule to the end of the mop stick, and, also, provides a strong and durable receptacle 'for the mop material, which is bound therein in the strongest manner possible by'the wire having the interlocking looped ends shown in the drawings.

While the preferred form of binder is, as hereinabove explained, a wire, yet we desire the term wire used in the claims to be understood as including a flat metal strap, a cord, or any other binding means.

The grooves or crotches hereinabove described may, if desired, be increased in number or they may be varied in shape without departing from the nature and spirit of this invention.

While the Wire 8 is depicted to be the means for. attaching the mop head, to the .Stic-k, it should be understood th'aha nail,

screw,- or other suitable means can be used to attach said mop head to the stick.

le claim l. The combination of a mop-head, a stick, a buneh of mop material located in said head, and a binding wire to retain said mop material vin said head, said wire being, also. adapted to restrict the inward Inovement of and to retain stick.

Q, ln combination with a mop stick, la mop head formed of a strip of sheet metal haring; its ends brought. together in overlapping relation and secured to each other to form a o ylimler-lilm hollow element, said clement having' a pair of diametrieally op posed notches formed to extend through one end thereof. the material between said notches beilri;I curled over and inwardly toward the opposite end of the element, the last named end ol' the clen'ient being received over the mop stick, a bunch of mop material located in the. outer end of said element, said mop stick haring a diametrieally e.\tendinf 1` perforation at. the. termination of the inner end of said element., and a wire passed through said perforation and engaged by said head on said the inner end of said element, the ends ofthe wire being extended outwardlgv to engage on opposite sidesof said clement and being:r a0

through 4said perforation and enOaging the inner end of the mop head, the ends of the wire extending outwardly and enga',f {in r on opposite sides of the mop head and being drawn into engagement with the mol; |,.aterial, whereby said wire restricts inward movement of the mop head, and restricts outward movement thereof by virtue of its holding' the mop material in the mop head. ln testimony whereof we have allixed our signatures in presenceof two \\'itnesses. `l I'ENRY l. 'ALLA CE. A LEXAN DER LACKE Y. Witnesses lmni's la r/roN, Geenen (l. ANDERSON. 

